The mountains are on the border of two towns : Teresópolis and Nova Friburgo, at Rio de Janeiro State backcountry, 100 / 140 km from Rio de Janeiro.
There are some beautiful roads that cross this mountains like: TereFri highway ( RJ – 130 ) and Estrada do Imperador ( Emperor Road – FRI-001 ). The geology of Tres Picos Group are a granite formations, emerging from the Brazilian Sea Range.

Tres Picos Group

Getting There

The mountains of Tres Picos Group aren’t close, so there are many ways to get this mountains. From Rio de Janeiro, you should to go to Teresópolis or Nova Friburgo , with some of this peaks in the road that connect this two towns.

Driving
To Teresópolis: Take BR-040 to north, after 30 km, turn to the right in BR-116 ( known how Rio-Bahia ) and drive to Teresópolis ( 100 km from Rio ). Before the main entrance of this town, continue on BR-116 road plus 10 km and, the entrance of TereFri highway is to the right again. After few kilometers, is possible to see the mountains, in special, Seio da Mulher de Pedra ( 2040m ) and Torres de Bonsucesso ( 2056m ). Bonsucesso district is the first entrance to climb the north border of Tres Picos mountains. Driving more 15 km ( Vieira District ), the Ronca Pedra big wall shows the bigness of the group. There are some access to Tres Picos mountains at this district. The main entrance of Salinas Valley is 10 km ahead, at Km46. Turn to the right and drive to Tres Picos ( Fri-001 road ).
Rio – Teresópolis ( 100km ) – Bonsucesso ( + 20km ) – Salinas Valley ( + 45km ) total = 165 km from RJ Capital.

Arriving in Teresópolis, take this options of urban buses: To Vieira or Bonsucesso districts.
Arriving in Nova Friburgo, go to the bus terminal at downtown ( any bus to North ) and, you can choose two lines to go to Tres Picos : Downtown x São Lourenço;
Downtown x Santa Cruz.

Red Tape

Tres Picos Group is inside of APA dos Frades ( Frades Area Protection ) but, there aren’t structures to offer camping area, lodgings and informations center. For all the mountains the acess is free. Just to cross the trail Friburgo x Teresópolis ( Circuito TereFri ) you need to get permission of Parque Estadual dos Tres Picos ( Tres Picos State Park ) to walk or climb inside the perimeter. Of course, there are other ways to get the trailheads but, I do not recommend.

Camping

The best place to camp close to the mountains is in Vale dos Deuses ( Deuses Valley ), beside Tres Picos and Capacete ( Inside Tres Picos State Park )